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The fire – that ultimately drew a five-alarm response – erupted around noon Wednesday on the top floor of a six-story apartment building on 47th Avenue near 43rd Street in Sunnyside, officials said.
The civil jury in the case of a lesbian assistant fire chief suing San Francisco for retaliation and discrimination started deliberating September 28 after her lawyer and the city’s attorney gave closing arguments.
Attorneys for the city and the lesbian assistant fire chief suing for discrimination and retaliation presented different explanations in court Friday for why she was repeatedly denied the opportunity to work as a strike team leader trainee.